#this trope is so funny every time

[phoenixcatch7]

Love the idea of each previous hero's journey being mostly lost to time, such that each time the cycle starts again absolutely no one picks up the very obvious clues that might lead them to the hero.

Oh, you've named your blond haired blue eyed child Link, have you? That's a good name!

Oh, he's found a strange red and white maned horse he's named epona who has utterly bonded with him? How unusual!

Yes, the princess Zelda is the same age, isn't she? What a good omen for the family!

We know he doesn't talk much, but he's the sweetest lad, don't worry!

Don't fret, dearie, his wanderlust will abate when he grows up, I'm sure it won't get him in too much trouble before then.

Prodigious little swordsman, isn't he? He would make a great knight if he wanted to when he's older!

Oh? Rumours about a long forgotten temple in the woods? How strange! Are you sure it's not just the children telling stories?

Look at him in his armoured green outfit! That hat looks lovely on him - where did you find it?

#It's so funny #In just about every Zelda I've played there's been about a hundred signs link is In The Building and no one ever notices #Twilight Princess was the absolute worst everyone just kept bringing up Its The Hero stuff and it just was not clicking #By the time we got to epona I was half tempted to make a bingo card #Heck he even has a tree house!! #Strong oot time genes there XD #There's something about loading up a Zelda game and going 'yup. This is a Zelda game alright' but NO ONE in universe notices #YOU ACTUALLY LIVE THERE YOU GUYS STUDY THIS IN HISTORY CLASS #it also opens up the great trope of link casually knowing stuff from previous lives he absolutely shouldn't and nobody taking it seriously #Until he comes back with the master sword #Some of those games were particularly bonkers and if the specifics never got recorded then there's no way anyone would believe them #A zora princess tried to marry the hero?? Lmao try writing fanfic #Listen I know it says the hero came from the woods but kokiri don't exist he would have just lived in a cottage or something #How dare you besmirch the hero's honour! He would never lower himself to base property damage! Never mind pots! #No hylian can ever wrestle a goron are you insane?? #Talking boat.... Sure #But you just KNOW Zelda would get some scholars and they'd hang off his every word #I love fics where link just casually references some world shaking knowledge (ie rito being zora descended and their own squid ancestors) #Or what the divine beasts were named after #Or what time travel feels like #Or that the myths hylians came from the skies are true #Or what one Zelda did when she vanished centuries ago #Or what the giant skeletons were #That kind of thing #Sorry I rambled #long post #legend of zelda #loz #loz zelda #loz link

[maggiecheungs]

POV: you’re the son of a qing court official and your venerable teacher has just paused his lesson on ideal confucian masculinity to give the class a PSA about the temptations of running off and becoming a taoist monk

#the 'running off to become a monk' trope is one of my absolute favourites it's sooooo funny every time #it happens so often in books and everyone around them always loses their shit #noble parents out here like 'we must teach our children to respect the buddha and remember the impermanence of mortal life BUT NOT TOO MUCH #'we're buddhist..... but not *that* buddhist. stop reciting sutras and go earn lots of money and honour as a state official <3' #meme of the red chamber #dream of the red chamber #hong lou meng #books

[guinevereslancelot]

[pins up a bunch of photos, articles, and drawings and connects them with red string]

#as one does #every single time i see this trope its so funny bc the character knows its a trope so they got the idea from tv or something #they do it bc their fave fictional detective or conspiracy theorist or stalker did it first 😂 #anyway #brb i have to connect my printed out clues with red string #this has been a shitpost #humor

[carrie-tate]

...

#I'm lying there thinking #about how much I love the trope #when lee is like *Don't! Stop!* #and the ler just *Don't stop? Whatever you want~* #and it's just so funny to read in fanfictions every time #Just quiet delight #That’s it. I’ve voiced my thoughts #I can go to sleep with pride now #talk #tword community

[possessable]

if i got a quarter every single time i saw a comment about a possession character that was like "It's kind of terrifying and sad, I think deep down [character] was still conscious and aware, forced to watch the atrocities they were committing unable to stop the blah blah blah controlling them blah blah" i'fd have so many goddamn quarters

#i have nothing against the comments it's not a bad observation and it's a cool trope [i use this trope a lot i love it] but it's like. #nearly the exact same comment every single time verbatim it's so funny #i've seen this about Headcrabs from halfa life i've seen it about jack from residest evil 7 i've seen it about #eggman/kintobor? ? i've seen it about TROLLGE???? LIKE THE TROLL FACE THING ???? #i've seen it about Everyone #thepossessionhyperfixationisneverending

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

peak character type is "guy of any age is a cocky jerk BUT is unfailingly kind to children"

#this post is about ian malcolm btw #he is. SO annoying. but he's also incredibly kind and encouraging to children #which... i mean the guy canonically has a whole gaggle of his own children so it makes sense #but especially watching jp1 and dominion it's just like. this dude is so annoying to literally everyone except kids #and it's both absolutely HYSTERICAL and adorable #that scene in dominion when everybody's freaking out in the car and he's being really snarky with them #but every time he turns his attention back to maisie it's just. very gentle and encouraging tone and then he 180s back to #acting very flippant and snarky with the adults #it's SO FUNNY i love it #anyway. just generally a good trope methinks #i should write a guy like this someday #Lu rambles #oh for context with my tags: I've only seen jp1 and dominion and part of jp3 #this is because i basically only care about ellie sattler ahdkhakfjakf #i do need to watch the rest though at some point bc my sister watched them all and loved them. so.

[bylertruther]

the byIer fandom really is a hivemind bc every time i think i came up with a cool fic idea i'll eventually see posts or fics from other writers spring up showing tht we all had the same exact idea down to even the same exact nitty-gritty details and headcanons for them without ever interacting with each other at all. like... bro. 💀 We're Connected..

#wood elf!will au? check #asoiaf inspired royal/fantasy au with the same sigils for 4/7 houses n ruling byers family? check #will never left the upside down au? check #hades x persephone / gen greek mytho au? check #necromancer!will au? check #will n mind flayer team-up s5 spec fic? check #werewolf!mike au? check #vampire!will au? check #bro we really share the same brain or smth like How Does That Even Happen BFBDJDNDND #and the spider-man au now... thts been a thing for a long time but now Everyone is on board with it so now new fics #are springing up left n right w tht idea etc etc #the hivemind isn't a theory or sci fi thing it's Real and we are Living It #its jus funnie to me how so many strangers can come up w the same thing. if anything it jus shows how hard these AUs fuck tbh #i will read every single one of them idc!!!!! n continue to pick at my own ofc. #and im being vague by just saying the gen / main trope but so many different authors will simultaneously come up with similar stories #(similar stories =/= similar writing or experiences tho they are still separate entities based on diff things w diff vibes etc all unique) #independently and it's jus like. How Did That Happen #hivemind brain 2 brain communication baybee thts how!!!

[twopercentboy]

straight women romance books: *makes a polycule* this is a reverse harem 💁

#im talking to pinkie about the bad romance novels she reads and every time she brings up reverse harems I just think about this #(pinkie is not a straight women she just likes reading bad romance novels) #i find it so funny that there are polycule tropes in str8 romance but they never call it polyamory #polyamory #polycule #my.txt #me.txt #polyamourous

[dazais-guardian-angel]

Break 🤝 Ebisu - waiting for years to die and then realizing when the time comes that they want to live...

anon i don't know who you are or what prompted you to send this, but....... yes, I suppose? but also Ow why did you have to make me think of this

#anonymous #the only difference though is that one's death was well written and necessary for the plot/characters #(while still feeling terribly sad but not like in a betrayed way) #and the other one was just cruel shock value and spitting in the face of their character arc for the entire series #oh never think i ever stop being salty even after 9 years :)))) #it's funny though because that kind of death for that kind of character is my most hated trope in media #and yet this comparison proves that i don't always necessarily mind it.......... #i think with Ebisu it's softened by the fact that he gets to reincarnate #and his reincarnation is able to finally value his life and GETS that second chance to do that that he deserved #his death isn't as terrible as it is for break and anyone else because he's a special case and he gets to reincarnate as still himself #it's still sad for that PARTICULAR Ebisu but....... he's still always Ebisu. and he needed to die in the story for so many reasons. #but he still gets that second chance #am i still incredibly fucked up by his death always? yeah lol because adult Ebi is MY Ebi and he's Yato's Ebi #and the Ebisu arc will forever be my favorite........ sobs #but it's still not nearly as bad as Break cause........ yeah #would ph fans still burn me alive for daring to criticize the ending chapters of the series? who knows lol #the ending chapter of noragami does remind me tho that i've been right to have trust issues ever since the ending of ph all those years ago #it wasn't /nearly/ as bad as the ending of ph but man... man.... every time i think mangaka know what they're doing i'm proven wrong :') #they just can't ever stick the landings man. what's up with that. it sucks. and then there's asagiri who lol... is doing whatever he's doin

[volfoss]

also its very funny bc choosing a misdeeds mission will have mistos going up to you and being like 😒 do you REALLY wanna do this one. like the one im doing rn is about this sibling who was like hey. i dont want my sister to date. kill the guy shes dating. and mistos was like this is mushy relationship stuff and i dont wanna get involved :///// and when i get there, shalvas starts the battle with smth along the lines of i really dont want to do this but here we go. literally what is his deal

#twist rambles #♟ #normally hes like ok ^-^ lets go into battle. its very funny to me bc its not JSUT my guilt over doing anything bad in games but they #will just be fucking miserable when u do evil missions. its very funny to me bc like. shalvas DOES have an established character. 10000% bu #if vol/foss was popular i knowwww people would give him the giorno treatment of no personality and he sucks to a majority of people. #but anyways it IS silly to me that mistos has to give his 2 cents on every mission you go on. even if its not an evil one. i think he prob #is mad at shalvas for taking this evil mission but shalvas is also on mad at me island due to me making him do this one so. really its only #fair. or something. its silly to me i like the little touches that they add. bc idk like normally ur protag in a game is pretty moldable to #ur choices. ie like. tw2s you have to pick the guys that suck so bad or the elves we are insanely racist to for a lot of the game #and like. when u look canonically. peepaw does notttt like to pick sides w the war. and esp since he doesnt have his memory back fully by #the time he makes that choice theres no way that he can use his prev knowledge from the LAST war to inform his choice. and that game treate #it as like yeah siding w the govt who are notoriously rly bad or the elves who are well. they sure fit them into the trope of i wrote a bad #guy and he has valid points but to make sure ppl hate him i have to have him do extreme evil. so u dont WANT to choose the elves side. #unless u suffered thru the really fucking bad racism in the books irt that. which i did. so for me its very funny to like. see vol/foss #handle the thing of ok u have choices and one of them is something it doesnt seem like the protag would do. in a more natural way ig.

[i3utterflyeffect]

raaaaaaagh now officially asking you to rant about wandersong>:))))))

AAAAAAAAAAAAA i don't even remember what i was gonna rant about but just. goddamn!!! i just love the bard and miriam so fucking much and also my nonbinary ass is shaking hands with the bard so hard. wish i was a funny little bard guy with the most ambiguous gender ever

also just. god. i found a headcanon that they named themselves on the spot when miram and saphy asked and i find that so funny. i think they also should name themself bard bc holy shit that's even funnier

i also just need audrey to blow up RIGHT NEOW. bard may forgive her but i sure as hell don't

and also I LOVE THE OVERSEERS AND THEIR LIL FAIRY GUYS SO MUCH. ESP THE MOON FAIRY AND THE SUN FAIRY AND ALSO THE HEART AND DREAM FAIRIES.

and also i just. AGUHHHHHHHHH

it's just so good and the ost is so good and the LITTLE DETAILS are so good and i LOVE this FUCKING GAME!!!!!!!!!!!

#im getting fucking DOPAMINE BLASTED by this funny little bard guy and his witch friend #pitch posts #what the FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKkk #also the dream fairy totally uses meow/meowself as well as she/her. neopronoun queen #i just. AGUUUHHHHHHHHHHH #the earthsong/wandersong is just so fucking chilling too #like i just get chills every time #and i love the trope of 'you called out and the whole world replied' #and the way it was literally EVERYONE #from the people in chismest to the bugs in ichor mountain to the pirate crew to everyone in langtree #AND MIRIAM WAS AT THE FRONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #and THEY SAVED THE WORLD AND I. (fucking EXPLODES) #also i love the coffee bit. fucking amazing #esp if you punt the guy off the boat by just being such a goddamn spaz that your song just fucking LAUNCHES him #the bard would realistically give him the coffee and let him talk. BUT. it's so funny to choose (relative) violence instead #ALSO. CAN I JUST TALK ABOUT THE CARAMELDANSEN DANCE????? THEY FUCKING DANSEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i LOVE the bard so much i would be their best friend forever and ever if i had the choice. #also as a guy who was once the bard type of person then got depression. miriam is just such a mood #love her so much #me too girl. me too

[kimbapisnotsushi]

“shoujo high school romance manga needs to stop vilifying teenage girls and turning them solely into mean petty two-faced shallow love rivals without good reason for the female lead” and “hozuki calling moeka a bitch was the funniest fucking thing i’ve ever read” are two statements that ABSOLUTELY can and should coexist

#IT WAS SO VINDICATING #yeah it’s a bad trope #but god if the way hozuki handled it wasn’t a bomb move #and yeah maybe it’s just bc of the scanlation team #bc i REALLY doubt he used a word that strong in the og #but GOD that was funny as hell #i go back and reread this series a lot and EVERY time i think it’s hilarious #koisuru harinezumi #a hedgehog in love #sou says stuff #sou reads manga

[megablade]

There are maybe 5 passionate tntduo shippers who I trust completely. The rest of them I'm convinced would have been Drarry shippers in another lifetime

i'm not saying i agree or disagree but i would print this ask out and frame it if i could

#i've thought about this before but i think a large part of it is because dsmp doesn't have any other Will They Won't They pairings #there's plenty of romance but it's all canon and so tntduo having that enemies to lovers type of vibe was Exciting to a lot of people #and so it became really easy to slot them into Tropes™ even at the sacrifice of their actual character traits #+ accounting for ppl getting into fandom & shipping for the 1st time #i scroll through the quackity ao3 tag every so often and i wince at some of the fic summaries i won't lie 😕 #but diff ppl use fic for diff things so like. go nuts show nuts etc #drarry is such a funny example tho bc i totally see that actually #(tldr i... agree LMFAO 😭) #ask #anonymous

[strawbebyjam]

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#if i had a nickel for every time ive cried over the unresolved not being over your ex when they want nothing to do with you trope in IFs id #have two nickels. not a lot but its weird it happened twice! Ha Ha #it’s wonderful to have stuff thats so relatable to look at but at the same time. damn #HDJDHDHD #like. Oh! Oh I’m Sadder Than #I want to be #i have like compassion for myself and i get why im still sad or whatever #but god do i not want it at all HDJDJD #i want to give up on it all and not feel guilty #but i cant do that #like ive accepted it all #i’m just so sad. HDDJDJJD #sucks to be like. still in love with people. i guess. that soundsself evident #i feel like ive got an onion inside my eye. like it burns. and im sad. and this sucks #was feeling really good this week. things are getting better. but when im honest with myself its just like #pure heartbreak and that sucks HDJDJDJ god #i hate it here HDJDHDJD #mano.mindtalk #neg #sitting here snotty nosed over seven lawless. so so so funny #it is so painfully humiliating to be The Mess. like. fuck. #like. fuck. HDJDDHJD #days like these i hope i never love another person again. i feel so. weak. like it’s such a. yeah it’s worth it but not for me. im not #strong enough #idk #not my best night #which sucks cause i want to like #trust in today. today felt good. today was reassuring. and now its just. not #i want to be more than the stupid childish ex who can’t let go evenafter trying everything

[nosferalto]

watching movies with dad is so funny he'll put something on and throughout the entire thing he'll complain about it having conflicts and plot-points necessary to move the story along, which, you know, movies are known to have

#'nobody would act like that in reality' dad it's a MOVIE!!!! #to be fair he mostly complains about idiot plots and miscommunication tropes but STILL it's so funny he gets so exasperated every time #it must be said I am also a hater so I enjoy it immensely

[spamalie]

I ujst feel like constantly making posts about how much better villain characters Always are than the protagonists and how bad you wish more media existed where they comically win has the same energy as people who are like luigi is actually the best character inmario because mario is more popular than him and hes such an underrated character like. No hes not. You know in your heart of hearts that is not true. This is an opinion i and everyone else on planet earth formed at 12 years old

#not thag theres anytbing actuakly wrong with either of these positions i just personally find them really annoying #like idk i see the appeal with the whole villain obsession thing but it always rubs me wrong likenits so fucking obvious and cheesy #im just not really a hammy villain type of person like that entire trope does notjing for me #i dont think its all that subversive or interesting or funny or endearing its just like There #and i need to be subjected to everyone treating them like the second coming of christ every time a new one pops up somewhere #this is a very pointlessly bitter post but what can i say. haterisms #and i know beinf a chronic Protagonist Liker makes it weird for me to complain about non subversive tropes #but like gimme some credit id never frame it like its a unique position to take #and its not really like im against villains being your fav or whatever #but im just not thrilled about the like. funnie mildly pathetic evil guy who has a random soft spot fornula